COVENTRY are looking forward to bringing major International action back to Brandon this week after a three-year absence.

The Buildbase Bees host the third round of the prestigious World Under-21 Final on Friday, a meeting which will see all of the top international youngsters taking part.

The seven-round competition is rapidly being seen as a feeder series to the senior World Championship, with recent double Champion Darcy Ward seemingly destined for a 2013 Grand Prix – and he could be joined by members of the current U21 line-up.

The field is a very attractive one, with local interest focused on the return to Brandon of the Pawlicki brothers, with Przemyslaw – who was an inspired signing for Coventry in 2010 – very much one of the title contenders.

Two rounds have taken place so far, with five riders breaking away at the top of the standings, and the main men to watch out for are:

* MACIEJ JANOWSKI (24 points): The defending champion is mentored by current World Champion Greg Hancock and is clearly being groomed for a GP future. Has Brandon experience from outings with Swindon and King’s Lynn.

* MIKKEL B JENSEN (23): Defeated Hancock and Nicki Pedersen as a track reserve in the recent Danish Grand Prix and fully justified his shock World Cup call-up for the victorious Danes at the age of just 17.

* MICHAEL JEPSEN JENSEN (22): Has been piling up the points in the Elite League with Peterborough and rode in every round of the World Cup for Denmark.

* PRZEMYSLAW PAWLICKI (21): Helped the Buildbase Bees to the Elite League title in 2010 and is now scoring heavily in Poland and Sweden – also impressed as a GP Wild Card in Leszno.

* BARTOSZ ZMARZLIK (20): A sensation in the Polish Grand Prix, standing on the podium in third place at Gorzow as a Wild Card despite being just 17 years of age.

Pawlicki’s younger brother Piotr is three points behind that group on 17, and other familiar names for British fans are Australian rider Sam Masters, who rides for Somerset and Poole, and the British Wild Cards Tom Perry and Kyle Newman.

Coventry co-promoter Colin Pratt said: “Looking back over the years of the competition, there is a terrific list of riders who have won the World Under-21 Final and then gone on to be either senior World Champion or established winners in the Grand Prix.

“It’s always been a very open event with several potential winners, and I believe that is the same this year.

“It’s unfortunate that at the moment Great Britain don’t have the depth of riders that we see coming through from other countries, but on the positive side Kyle did make ground in this competition and has done well in the European event too, and it’s also a big chance for Tom to get to race in a meeting of this level.

“It’s just a shame that Richie Worrall, who very much earned his place in the series from the qualifying rounds, can’t be with us due to injury, but it should still be a terrific meeting.”

Parade-time on Friday is 7.30pm with the first race at 7.45pm, and admission is £20 for adults, £16 concessions and £6 children for a full 20-heat programme.

* COVENTRY will need to book two guests for their Elite League trip to Birmingham tomorrow as both Chris Harris (concussion) and Scott Nicholls (shoulder) are ruled out.

One guest will be for Harris, who crashed at Wolves on Monday, with rider-replacement to operate for Nicholls, and they also need a replacement at reserve again with Adam Roynon and Josef Franc unavailable for the short trip to Perry Barr.